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Day Seventy Three (Year Three)

Taught a make-up lesson tonight for my student who missed her lesson on Tuesday.  There was a quiz on note identification, and she got 10/10!

Played around with the RP100 for a while today.  Wanted to make sure that it worked just connected to a guitar and a pair of headphones.  Well, it does.  Had some fun with the opening lick to "Stairway."  Never did get around to actually plugging the pedal into my amp (or my recording gear, for that matter) but that's what having a whole Saturday off is good for, right?

Also of note today, it dawned on me yesterday while I was searching for guitar tab for a specific song that, as well organized as all of my music stuff appears to be in the new place, it's not well organized for practical use.  It does me no good to have everything seem in place if I can't find anything when I need to.  Perhaps tomorrow I shall devote my day to re-organizing the giant shelf of music with the goal of making it easier to find things.

Listened to Rattle & Hum by U2 tonight.  After thinking about "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" the other day, I was in the mood to go back and listen to the whole album.  It's such an awesome listen.

That's really all for today.  Tomorrow (I hope) will be a day chock full of rock and roll.

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